Teresa Shook

Teresa Shook (born 1956) is a retired American lawyer from Indiana who now lives in Hawaii. She is best known as the founder of the Women's March.

The Women's March idea arose soon after the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States in 2016. After eliciting a response, Shook subsequently created a Facebook event for a march in Washington, D.C., following the inauguration. Meanwhile, Bob Bland, a mother living in New York City, also created an event. Within a single day hundreds of thousands of individuals were "attending" the march's Facebook event. This surge in interest was a catalyst for creating the organization that led to the 2017 Women's March.